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Synonyms for consequential

  • adjective

Most common

massive fateful eventful impactful

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Fateful — having significant consequences; of importance

important, big, fateful, considerable, massive, overweening, vainglorious, grave, magisterial, supercilious, weighty, arrogant

2. Consequent

consequent, resulting, following

Other

impactful, eventful, cogent, self-sufficient

Antonyms

inconsequential, insignificant, simple

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Having significant consequences; of importance.

  2. adj. 2

    Following as a result.

Example sentences

  • massive Algeria exports massive quantities of natural gas.
  • fateful I wish I had never taken that fateful boat ride.
  • eventful The summer is shaping up to be eventful.
  • impactful Whose eyes would have seen such an impactful view?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
consequentialsteady
massivesteady
fatefulrising
eventfulsteady
impactfulrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
big1
5 letters
grave1
6 letters
cogent2
7 letters
massive2, fateful2, weighty2
8 letters
arrogant3, eventful3
9 letters
following3, important3, resulting3, impactful
10 letters
consequent3
11 letters
magisterial5, overweening
12 letters
considerable5, vainglorious, supercilious5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cogent2 = 2 syllables).